Leaving the sides open?

yandaoben · 11-05-2005, 02:57 AM

Hi,

Is it fine to leave the sides of my CPU open? What are the adverse effects of doing so, dust/moisture?

My main reason for leaving it open is to keep the insides of the CPU cool whilst gaming on it.

Thank you.

Amd2800 · 11-05-2005, 03:14 AM

no you cant keep your sides of your CPU but you can leave the sides off ur case ..but there aint much use taking the one off were the mobo sits ..

I h8 it went people say can i leave my sides of my CPU well it aint CPU its called friggin Case if you dont know nothing about Computers then Friggin learn dude

yandaoben · 11-05-2005, 03:18 AM

"mobo sits"? What's a mobo?

Does anyone have a more detailed response?

Thank you.

Amd2800 · 11-05-2005, 03:19 AM

mobo is the motherboard were you plugg all your friggin Stuff into OMG Dude learn about computer before you come asking for help on COmp Forums

yandaoben · 11-05-2005, 03:21 AM

Thanks, I think the reason I'm here is to learn about computers.

God bless you.

GrimReaper23 · 11-05-2005, 03:37 AM

easy answer I don;t know why you would wanna do something like that it will mess up all of the airflow thus making it hotter

yandaoben · 11-05-2005, 04:05 AM

I thought if you openend up the case, the interior of it will get more ventilation, hence cooler?

Silver Shamrock · 11-05-2005, 05:48 AM

Running with the side of your case open is fine. You will get cooler temps

The only down side is that your PC is then exposed to much more dust. Aslong on you keep it clean in there you should be fine

Nubius · 11-05-2005, 05:59 AM

my side panel is generally always off, because it's a pain to put it on...dust does collect quite a bit more though, but technically the side panel on is better assuming you've got good fan placement and air flow.

Amd2800 - quit being an arrogant ******. What kind of assanine statement is 'learn about computers before you ask for help'.....that's just retarded....like he said, he obviously is coming here to learn

PZEROFGH · 11-05-2005, 09:03 AM

leave it off and stick like a 500cfm house fan there LOL but seriously nothign about will happen only a lot of dust and what not will get trapped in their and yu might get cooler temps

11-05-2005, 02:57 AM	#1 (permalink)
yandaoben Junior Techie Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 81	Leaving the sides open? Hi, Is it fine to leave the sides of my CPU open? What are the adverse effects of doing so, dust/moisture? My main reason for leaving it open is to keep the insides of the CPU cool whilst gaming on it. Thank you.

11-05-2005, 03:37 AM	#6 (permalink)
GrimReaper23 Monster Techie Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 1,920	easy answer I don;t know why you would wanna do something like that it will mess up all of the airflow thus making it hotter __________________

11-05-2005, 05:48 AM	#8 (permalink)
Silver Shamrock Junior Techie Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 52	Running with the side of your case open is fine. You will get cooler temps The only down side is that your PC is then exposed to much more dust. Aslong on you keep it clean in there you should be fine __________________ Athlon 64 3000 E6 Venice @2.43Ghz Gigabyte 3D Rocket Cooler ASRock 939 Dual SATA2 Bios 1.20 2x512mb Corsair VS @DDR348 1T XFX 6800GT PCI-E @400/1100 Maxtor 120Gb SATA Antec TruePower 550W

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PZEROFGH Lord Techie Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 7,649	leave it off and stick like a 500cfm house fan there LOL but seriously nothign about will happen only a lot of dust and what not will get trapped in their and yu might get cooler temps __________________ E8400 \| Abit IP35 Pro \| 2x2GB G.Skill DDR2-800 \| HIS HD3870 \| 520HX \| CM690 AIM/Xfire - pzerofgh Make Free Money by Doing Offers!! Really Works CLICK NOW

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11-05-2005, 03:18 AM	#3 (permalink)
yandaoben Junior Techie Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 81	"mobo sits"? What's a mobo? Does anyone have a more detailed response? Thank you.

11-05-2005, 03:21 AM	#5 (permalink)
yandaoben Junior Techie Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 81	Thanks, I think the reason I'm here is to learn about computers. God bless you.

11-05-2005, 04:05 AM	#7 (permalink)
yandaoben Junior Techie Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 81	I thought if you openend up the case, the interior of it will get more ventilation, hence cooler?

11-05-2005, 05:59 AM	#9 (permalink)
Nubius Banned Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 11,660	my side panel is generally always off, because it's a pain to put it on...dust does collect quite a bit more though, but technically the side panel on is better assuming you've got good fan placement and air flow. Amd2800 - quit being an arrogant ******. What kind of assanine statement is 'learn about computers before you ask for help'.....that's just retarded....like he said, he obviously is coming here to learn